How to Organize aFundraiser Campaign

Below you will find some brilliant guidelines on how to organize a fundraiser campaign. But please remember, they are just that... GUIDELINES...

Every fundraising campaign will be different and will need its own personal approach.

So
use these guidelines but remember that there will always be other
unpredictable circumstances that you will need to watch out for and to
plan for.

This is how you organize a fundraising campaign... Let us begin...

How to Organize aFundraiser Campaign:

Plan And Prepare:

The first thing you must decide to do is to plan and prepare properly... from planning your entire campaign to planning each individual fundraiser!

You must know what you want, what you have to do, and you must have a plan on how you're going to do it!

Sit
down with your committee / your helpers
and volunteers / or your friends and family, and draw up a full and complete plan for your fundraising
campaign! Make a to-do list and designate jobs out evenly amongst your team.

This is your most important how to organize a fundraiser campaign point. It's the first step to having a successful campaign.

Offline Donations:

For offline donations you will need to arrange ways of accepting cash
and checks from supporters. Always have your bank details available
for people who would like to give direct deposits or who would like to
make an EFT to you.

A great way of gaining donations offline is by
using donations sheets which you print and hand out to all your
supporters, friends and family...

They then go to all their
friends and family (and strangers if they want to) and request donations
from them, taking down their name and contact details. It works really
well if you have an enthusiastic team!

Keep your options open
– Always be adjustable and ready to either change a fundraiser or to
add a different fundraiser to your campaign. You never know when an
excellent opportunity to hold a profitable fundraiser may come up.

If
circumstances change you must always be capable of running a different
fundraiser from the one that you planned to have! Be adaptable.

Cover all bases – By that I mean you must always have a few different options for people to contribute to your cause...

So if you're running a calendar fundraiser
you should also have another product (or a few others) for people to
buy, like candy bars or popcorn. That way if someone doesn't want to buy
a calendar they may want to buy a candy bar and therefore you still
raise some funds out of them!

Use A Quality FundraisingProduct Company:

Fundraising companies are focused on delivering fundraising products
and solutions that will make your fundraisers as profitable and
convenient as possible.

So using a quality company is of the utmost importance and will really help your fundraising campaigns!

Or
you can do a local Google search for an appropriate fundraising company
for your fundraisers through the search block below...

(A
Tip: Type the name of your local area or country with a plus sign
before it, and then add your search query with a plus sign before it as
well. Ex. +australia +fundraising product supplier)

Set Goals:

Once you've decided on what fundraisers you'll hold you should set
some goals for all your individual fundraisers and for your campaign as a
whole.

Having goals will set benchmarks for you to work
towards... It will also be motivation for you and your team as you'll
want to accomplish those goals!

Recruit Help & Volunteers:

No matter how big or small your fundraising campaign is you will need
some help and you will more than likely need a few volunteers!

So
take into consideration what fundraising ideas you have decided to do
and then decide on how many helpers you will need... Your volunteers
could come from your committee, be your family, your school students, your church members or any
stranger that would like to help out a worthy cause.

You may not
need volunteers for your whole campaign but for only certain
fundraisers... In that case plan ahead and be ready to recruit your
volunteers when the time arises!